Frances Waters Carawan, 81, of 1525 Puddin Hill Road, Scranton, died on Friday afternoon, December 5, 2014 in Vidant-Beaufort Hospital, Washington.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
By: Announcements
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Dr. Donald Carl Johnson, age 84, a resident of 110 Northwood Rd, Washington, died Friday December 5, 2014, at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 6:51 pm
By: Announcements
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In the last 24 hours the state of North Carolina, invoking the infinite wisdom of politicians and bureaucrats, has announced that it is subsidizing the investments of several favored bio-tech and pharmaceutical firms while at the same time denying the right of a Wilmington clinic to pursue its...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 6:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Shenandoah Valley exists as a long, fertile, and largely agrarian, stretch of land framed by the Potomac River to the north and the James River to the south, as well as being buttressed by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the East and the Appalachian Ridge and Valley ranges to the west.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 6:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory will be hosting a Holiday Open House at the Governor's Western Residence this weekend. The open house will be held on both Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Media wishing to attend and speak with...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Reporter Lynn Bonner and the News and Observer showed us once again why people have stopped buying newspapers: Reporters keep trying to make the news, not report it.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:12 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Historians and history majors among our campus community certainly remember the significance of Sunday's date - December 7. The date was designated by Congress in 1994 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. While we take time to remember our veterans and fallen soldiers on other days...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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On 12-3-2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Carlos Gaynor, 35 years of age, of 96 Trails End South in Washington and Sandra Carlos, 37 years of age, of 96 Trails End South in Washington. They were charged with Trafficking in Cocaine, Maintaining a...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 12:08 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Last year, I was one of the first to report that the 2012-13 community college remediation rate for recent graduates of North Carolina high schools was 63 percent. Thanks to the outstanding staff at the N.C. Community College System office in Raleigh, I have obtained the 2013-14 statewide rate.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata today told State Board of Transportation that 303 additional projects will be fully or partially funded and about 126,000 more jobs will be created under the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) law...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 11:26 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Beaufort County Early College High School Interact Club recently led the effort to collect over 1,000 canned items for Eagles Wings, a Washington food pantry. Interact is an organization for young people ages 12 to 18 and is affiliated with Rotary International. Collecting canned goods is...
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 10:20 am
By: Judy Jennette
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) thanked U.S. administration officials for heeding his call to fight for U.S. fishermen and secure an increase in quota for western Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There must be something in the water in the Triangle. Those folks keep finding the wussiest left-wing girlie-men possible - cloning them - and electing them to public office. Think Homer Simpson's neighbor Flanders.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 10:02 am
By: Brant Clifton
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